Madeline has so much fun with crafts! These Bobbling Turkey Hats are great Thanksgiving crafts for kids. Madeline made them all on her own – as a surprise for her brothers. As you can see …
Sammy was thrilled! As was Ben to get a hat of his very own. These cute little turkey hats make great Thanksgiving crafts for kids. They are so easy to make! Madeline used:
- construction paper
- scotch tape (glue would work as well)
To make these little bobbling head turkey hats Madeline first measured the boys heads with the construction paper, and taped it to fit around their heads.
Next, she cut out brightly coloured feather shapes from construction paper and taped them into a fan, securing them to the back of the construction paper hat with tape.
After, she made (what we call) a ‘Fancy Accordion Fold’ for the neck of the turkey. If you haven’t made these before, they are super duper easy – and much sturdier then a regular accordion fold. To make them:
- cut two thin strips of construction paper
- overlap the tips, so you make an ‘L’ shape
- secure with tape
- Fold one side down, and then the other side down over top
- Next fold the first side back up, and the second side back up
- repeat until complete, and secure the end with tape
She then taped one end of this Fancy Accordion Fold to the hat, and left the other end open to put the Turkeys Face on.
Madeline cut out a circle to decorate as the Turkeys Face, complete with a little orange pop out beak, and taped it to the other end of the fancy accordion fold.
That’s it!
The boys were so very thrilled with their Bobbling Turkey Hats! And Madeline was just as excited giving the hats to the boys. Sammy wore his hat all day (which is no surprise – he LOVES hats). Benjamin wore his for quite awhile (surprisingly) before removing it to inspect it closer – and then, of course, taste it too.
Making construction paper headbands or hats was always such a big hit in Kindergarten too! There are so many possibilities. Here are some super cute spider hats, from Education.com . It’s nice when something so simple to create can be used and enjoyed so very much.
Happy Thanksgiving my Canadian Friends!
Mildred Noftle says
October 14, 2013 at 1:37 pmMadeline.. you did great… so cute.. Sammy looks thrilled..
Happy Thanksgiving there !
Sarah says
October 14, 2013 at 5:08 pmThank you! Happy Thanksgiving to you!
Deirdre says
October 14, 2013 at 2:04 pmI love that the head bobbles. This is such a cute hat.
Sarah says
October 14, 2013 at 2:20 pmThanks Deirdre! They look adorable while on wee heads — bobbling up and down!
Shaunna @ Fantastic Fun and Learning says
October 18, 2013 at 4:36 amHa! That is so cute! There’d be a lot of gobbling silliness around here with those cute hats. Love them!
Sarah says
October 20, 2013 at 7:35 pmThank you Shaunna – and I love your Spiders made of play dough – so very cute!
Emma says
November 4, 2013 at 4:18 pmThat is just adorable! Thanks so much for the fun idea!
Sarah says
November 4, 2013 at 9:36 pmSo glad you like them Emma – they really are very cute!
Kristi@Creative Connections for Kids says
November 4, 2013 at 8:44 pmThese are too cute for words! Definitely going to pin, share, and do! Kristi
Sarah says
November 4, 2013 at 9:35 pmThank you Kristi! Yes, they turned out super cute. The boys had so much fun wearing them – we had to make bobbling dinosaur hats after our Thanksgiving so the fun could continue 🙂 Thank you for pinning and sharing!
Sarah says
November 5, 2013 at 8:49 pmMy students will be making these to wear to our school-wide family feast. I love your ideas.
Sarah says
November 5, 2013 at 9:41 pmOh that will be so cute! A whole sea of bobbling turkey hats! So glad you like them 🙂
Debbie says
November 6, 2013 at 2:35 pmThis is a great idea! Pinned it! Thanks for sharing at Mom’s Library!
Sarah says
January 6, 2014 at 9:19 pmThanks for hosting Debbie!
Shaunna @ Fantastic Fun and Learning says
November 15, 2013 at 7:52 amI’m so glad you linked this up to Discover & Explore this week! You know I love it already. I’m excited to be able to feature it today!
Sarah says
November 17, 2013 at 7:06 pmThank you for featuring Shaunna!!! I hope you get a chance to make them with your girls … they are too funny!